Chief Judge Tasks Lawyers On Corruption

Date: 2015-12-15

The Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Suleiman Kawu, has urged legal practitioners in Nigeria to muster much courage in the fight against corruption in the judiciary.

He said based on the symbiotic working relationship between lawyers and judges, the former had the unique opportunity, moral and ethical responsibility to expose the few bad eggs in their midst.

Kawu who spoke in Ilorin at the 2015 dinner/award night organised by the Ilorin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) noted that judges' performance was significantly influenced by the conduct of lawyers.

"My comment is on the impression being created in the media that the Nigerian judiciary is abysmally corrupt. I must admit that judges are not saints and as human beings they are fallible which is why we have some few bad eggs in our midst.

"This fact however, is not sufficient ground for a sweeping and indiscriminate and sometimes criminally reckless castigation and condemnation of judges and the Nigerian judiciary as an institution.

"I say it loudly and without any apology that Nigeria is blessed with some of the best judges in the world and the Nigerian judiciary as an institution has always risen to the occasion in sanctioning erring judges and court officials whenever their misconduct is brought to the attention of the authority.

"Some of us are worried and concerned that the loud and increasing waves of unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against judiciary is creating negative impression about judges and eroding public confidence in the judiciary as an institution designed to enthrone the rule of law", he said.

Earlier, the NBA caretaker committee chairman, Sir Joseph Bamigboye (SAN) harped on the need for unity among members of the association.

"It is unlike us to malign, attack, defame and exhibit traits of indiscipline in order to make a point. We are learned gentlemen and must comport ourselves at all times as such, we are gold and God forbids that we rust. We must be above prevailing societal rot, and in our public and private conduct and utterances must be like Caesar's wife to be above board", he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mary Arinde     IHS Towers     Sanitation Exercise     Curfew     Salary     Face Masks     Saad Belgore     Abatemi Usman     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Aisha Gobir     Kale Kawu     Femi Oladiji     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Kwara Central     Bola Shagaya     Coronavirus     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Ilota     Folashade Omoniyi     Salihu S. Yaru     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Bashirat Bola Bello     Ibrahim Jawondo     Baba-Isale     Bursary     Khairat Gwadabe     Lithium Deposit     Ajikobi     EFCC     Lawan     Eghe Igbinehi     Isapa     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Ayekale     April 11     Sobi     Abubakar Atiku     Bashir Badawi     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Amuda Musbau     Centre For Digital Economy     Buari Edun     Kwara     Awili Pedro     Balikis Jawondo     Frootify     Seed Technologies     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Tunji Olawuyi     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Kayode Alabi     KW-GIS     Rasheed Jimoh     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Lateef Alagbonsi     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Olohungbebe     Demola Banu     Shuaibu Yaman     Umaru Saro     Egbewole     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Igosun     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Eleja     Baba Issa Awoye     GGDSS Pakata     Popo-Igbonna     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Plat Technologies     Yetunde Balogun     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Kwara State Governor    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Jide Oyinloye     Kwara TV     Imam Gambari     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Bolaji Nagode     Oke-Odo     Suwa-Arabs     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Haliru Dantoro     Bola Sagaya     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     A.O. Belgore     Bolaji Aladie     Kale Kawu     Adisa Logun     Taiwo Joseph     Muhammadu Gobir     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Okin High School     Marufat Oladosu     Joseph Daudu     National Party Of Nigeria     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Leke Ogungbe     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Yusuf Aiyedun     Umar Gunu     Baruten     Tayo Awodiji     Dairo Kunle Paul     Jelili Yusuf     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Kayode Laro     Kazeem Adekanye     Abegunde Goke     KWIRS     ARMTI     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Baba Issa Awoye     SWAN     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Ita-Ore     Zaratu Umar     Micheal Imoudu     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Abdulkarim Adisa     Olatunji Moronfoye     Musa Abdullahi     Isa Aremu     Haleeman Salman     Awodun     Saba Mamman Daniel     Yemi Sanni     Taofik Mustapha     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Curfew     Tsaragi/Share     MINILS     James Ayeni     Kwara University Of Education     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Maryam Ado Bayero     Rashidi Yekini     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Galadiman Ngeri     Ndama Al-hassan     Abraysports FC     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Wole Oke     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Elesie Of Esie     Oniwa     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Kubra Kazum     Omu-aran